Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7467: רְעוּאֵל

Rᵉʻûwʼêl · pronounced reh-oo-ale' · “Reuel”

Definition

Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite

KJV translates it as: Raguel, Reuel.

Word origin: from the same as H7466 (רְעוּ) and H410 (אֵל); friend of God;

Extended definition

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4;
son of: Esau (H6215) and Mahalath (H4258);
half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141);
father of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199)
§ Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7467 is translated

  • reuel ×11

Bible verses with H7467 (Rᵉʻûwʼêl)

Rᵉʻûwʼêl appears in 10 verses.

  • Genesis 36:4

    And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

  • Genesis 36:10

    These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

  • Genesis 36:13

    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:17

    And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Exodus 2:18

    And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

  • Numbers 2:14

    Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

  • Numbers 10:29

    And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:35

    The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:37

    The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:8

    And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;